LONE STAR QUILT BLOCK

Lone Star Quilt Block Project

Level: Advanced


What you'll need:

  • Fat Quarter Bundle, Watercolour Texture
  • Matching Gutermann 100% cotton thread
  • Rotary cutter, mat & quilters rulers
  • Quilting pins, tape measure
  • Scissors, seam ripper
  • Hand needle
  • Sewing machine with ¼" foot & walking foot

All fabrics should be 100% cotton, washed & pressed.

¼" seam allowance used throughout unless otherwise indicated.

Read all instructions carefully before commencing the project.

Instructions

Cutting

Note - Cut strips are cut across the width of fabric from the selvedge.

  • Select 3 Fabrics from the bundle to be A (pink), B (blue) & C (yellow). Cut 3 x 1" strips from each of the 3 colours - 3 x A, 3 x B, 3 x C.
  • Select another Fabric D (green) for the corner triangles. Cut 2 x 4" strips, crosscut into 8 x 4" squares then cut each square once on the diagonal to make 16 half-square triangles.
  • For the border select another Fabric E (orange). Cut 4 x 1½" strips.

Step 1 - Arrange Fabrics A, B and C into 3 strip sets. Set 1: A-B-C; Set 2: B-C-A; Set 3: C-A-B.

Step 2 - Sew together the strips in each set. Press all seams in each set downwards.

Step 3 - Starting with Set 1 place your ruler across the strip set with the 45˚ line along one seam. Cut across the strip set at a 45˚ angle. Align your ruler along the cut edge and cut a 1" strip. Repeat to cut a total of 8 strips from Set 1. Discard the short end. Keep the cut strips in this set together.

Step 4 - Repeat Step 3 with Sets 2 and 3.

Step 5 - Take one strip from Set 1, one from Set 2 and one from Set 3 and arrange side by side in order. Sew together to create a diamond shape. Repeat to make a total of 8 diamonds.

Step 6 - Take a Fabric D triangle and sew one short edge to one side of a diamond. Press seam towards triangle. Take a second Fabric D triangle and sew one short edge to the other side of the diamond, pressing seam towards the triangle. Repeat for all 8 diamonds.

Step 7 - Pin and sew together the 8 diamonds in pairs.

Then sew pairs together then the two sets of 4.

Step 8 - To trim block into a square trim off excess triangle fabric ¼" from the points of the star.

Step 9 - Sew one Fabric E border strip to each side of the star block, press seam towards border and trim off excess. Sew the other 2 strips to remaining opposite sides, press seam towards border and trim off excess.

Step 10 - To attach to back of jacket, press edges of block under ¼" and sew. Centre block on back of jacket and pin in place. Sew to jacket along edge of block.



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